Definition of "doust"

doust

  • noun

    uncountable

    1. (obsolete, West Country) Dust.

  • verb

    third-person singular simple present dousts, present participle dousting, simple past and past participle dousted

    1. (obsolete, West Country) To extinguish, to destroy, to kill.

    2. (obsolete, West Country) To dust.

    3. (obsolete, mining, chiefly Cornwall) To separate dust from ore.